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Sources of Information Regarding Water
The information presented on this website was taken, in part, from
the following sources. This information has also come from a wide
array of articles and books.
• Household connection
• Public standpipe
• Borehole • Protected dug well • Protected spring
• Rainwater collection
• Connection to a public sewer
• Connection to a septic system
• Pour-flush latrine
• Simple pit latrine**
• Ventilated improved pit latrine
Unimproved
• Unprotected well
• Unprotected spring • Rivers or ponds
• Vendor-provided water
• Bottled water* • Tanker truck water
• Public or shared latrine
• Open pit latrine
• Bucket latrine
*Bottled water is not considered improved due to limitations in the potential quantity, not quality, of the water.
**Only a portion of poorly defined categories of latrines are included in sanitation coverage estimates.
